My arrivel in Skotselv came by a narrow bridge across the Drammen River, only wide enough for one car at the time, but on the other hand – there wasn’t all that much traffic.
Barely one car every half hour!
Curious as I was, I picked the first road to my right and ended suddenly up at a railwaystation that didn’t seem to be operative? And this was also the end of the road!
But I took a picture just to document that there were people living here.Tydeligvis feil vei? Så jeg snudde bilen og lette meg frem til det virkelige Skotselv.Nå er ikke Skotselv ‘verdens navle’, men et lite tettsted tilhørende Øvre Eiker kommune.I henhold til en folketelling fra 2012 skal det bo 720 mennesker her! Følgelig bør det gå an å finne noen motiver . . .

Obviously the wrong choice of road? So I t urned the car around in order to find the real Skotselv. Now, of course, Skotselv isn’t the center of the Universe :-) – a settlement belonging to the county of ‘Upper Eiker’. According to an audit made in 2012, there are 720 people living in these parts! Accordingly it should be possible to find photo motives somewhere . . .La meg begynne med et lite oversiktsbilde som ville vært umulig å ta om det ikke hadde vært for en vennlig sjel som inviterte med inn i sin hage med utsikt. Det er mye vegetasjon i dette området! Men her får dere altså et lite innblikk i geografien, takket være en hyggelig dame på Kopperudveien!

Let me start off with a small panorama shot that it would have been impossible to take if it hadn’t been for a nice young lady inviting me into her garden with a view! There is plenty of vegetation in this area! But here you will get a small impression of the geography due to a friendly lady with a garden in ‘Kopperudveien’.Vi er nå på toppen av Kopperudveien i Skotselv. Herfra skal det være ‘utsikt’, men dersom man ikke kjenner noen som bor her, så kan det være vanskelig å se den.

We are at the top of ‘the Kopperud road’ in Skotselv. From here there should be a view, but unless you know somebody that live here, it may be difficult to find it!Jeg våget meg til et skudd mellom to hus, men avstanden var liten og utsikten ble begrenset! Det skal ikke være enkelt!

I gambled on a shot between to houses, but distances are short and the view somewhat limited. It’s not supposed to be easy!

And there was, of course, but butcrampedand limitedit was. Iapologizethatyou mayhave to scrolloneimage, butthere wasno other solution. The yellowbuilding isSkotselvschool,but I’llsee to a better picturelater...

Vi er tilbake i sentrum med ‘Bingselva’ og en liten park –

We’re back in the center of Skotselv by the river ‘Bingselvan’ passing through a small park –Det er vakkert langs ‘Bingselvas’ bredder –
It’s very nice along the riverbed of the river named ‘Bingselva’.Den røde bygningen i bakgrunnen er Skotselvs kulturelle ‘1000-årsminne’: ‘Düvelgården‘ opprinnelig bygget rundt år 1700, senere restaurert og flyttet hit! Idag er den overtatt av diverse ideelle foreninger mot at de overtar vedlikeholdet for dette gamle bygget.

The red building in the back is actually ‘Skotselv’s cultural 1000-year memory’:
The Düvel building’. Originally it was built in the year 1700, later renovated and moved to where it stands today. To day it’s used by ideal associations in return of necessary maintenance.På den andre siden av veien ligger ‘Misjonskirken’ i Skotselv.
Across the road lies ‘the Mission Church’ in Skotselv.Og litt lenger nede i veien, men meget kort vei fra parken, finner vi ‘Haugløkka Omsorgsboliger’.Anda bit furtherdown the road, butveryshort distancefrom the park, we find‘HaugløkkaAssisted living Center‘.Man skal ikke mer enn en snau kilometer vekk fra centrum før man har følelsen av å være på det rene bondelandet –

You don’t have to drive for more than half a mile before you get the feeling of being in ‘farming land’Jeg lovet dere et bedre bilde av den lokale skolen og her er det!
I promised you a better picture from the local school, and here it is!

And here at ‘Bakke Church’ we conclude our little tour of Skotselv for now.
The Bakke Church was originally built in 1883, then renovated/rebuilt in 1955.
As I said, it isn’t a large place in the first place, and without the local know-how were to go, it was the best we could do this time.
(Compliments of SRB )